Lucky Gunasekara
2009 FrontlineSMS Ambassador, CGIU 2009, Sri Lankan-American, 25, Stanford University School of Medicine, Biomedical Informatics for the Developing World, $1 CD4, 2006 Fulbright Fellow, Applicant to BASES Social E-innovation contest.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Website: | http://www.frontlinesms.com |
| Industries: | Biotech, Computing, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle |
| Skills: | Business, C/C++, Databases, Design, Editing, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Fiction, Graphic design, Guerrilla marketing, Human-Computer Interaction, Intellectual Property, Investment, Java, Javascript, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Law, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Norwegian, Patents, PHP, Product design, Public Relations, Public speaking, Recruitment, Sales, Software Engineering, Spanish, SQL, Viral marketing, Web design, Web Development, Writing |
| Next step: | Upon graduation from Stanford University, School of Medicine, I will pursue a residency and fellowship in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine respectively. My long-term goal is to become an academic clinician and research the impact of new technologies on health outcomes in the developing world. |
| Location: | Palo Alto |
| Groups: | Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive] |
| Visas: | Japan, Canada, Norway |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Creating a group, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding hot stories, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Investing in projects, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Shadowing |
| Tags: | cd4, cell, cell phones, chw, community health workers, frontlinesms, mobile, mobile phones, openmrs, sms, telemedicine |
| Schools: | Cornell University, Kwansei Gakuin University, Stanford University |
FULL BIO
Lucky Gunasekara was born in 1983 in Toronto, Canada to Sri Lankan parents who had immigrated to Canada escaping the Sri Lankan civil war. Lucky grew up in Canada, the UK, and South Florida, until 2001 when he began his undergraduate studies in Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University as a Tanner Dean's Scholar, where he graduated with distinction in all subjects and was honored as a Baccalaureate Service award recipient for his work overseas. He was also a Freeman Fellow in 2004 and an Executive Committee member for the 57th Japan America Student Conference. From 2006-2007, Lucky studied public health at Kwansei Gakuin University in Kobe, Japan as a Fulbright Fellow. From 2008, Lucky consulted as an associate consultant in medical devices and online media for the HR recruiting firm Optia Partners in Tokyo, Japan. From the fall of 2008, Lucky has begun his medical education at Stanford University. He was recently honored for his work on MobilizeMRS by former President Bill Clinton personally at the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative University.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Optia Partners, K.K. |
| Position: | Researcher |
| Time period: | January 2008 - July 2008 |
| Description: | Worked as a researcher for Optia Partners K.K., one of Tokyo's leading HR consulting and recruiting companies, in the online media and biomedical devices sections. Was responsible for setting a company record for number of new contacts and initiated and completed contracts. Also, worked with a leading Japanese pharmaceutical company on their Japan and U.S. based strategy. |
| Employer: | Kwansei Gakuin University |
| Position: | Fulbright Fellow |
| Time period: | August 2006 - August 2007 |
| Description: | As a Fulbright Fellow in the Child Welfare department, engaged in year-long research on two papers currently being prepared for publication.
* “Child Welfare within Japan: Dynamics and Dilemmas” * “The Great U.S. Foreign Aid Shift: From Japan and GARIOA to Africa and PEPFAR” * Additionally, completed the full sequence of Japanese language courses and completed a year of graduate coursework in Japanese. |
| Employer: | Japan America Student Conference |
| Position: | Executive Committee |
| Time period: | July 2004 - July 2005 |
| Description: | Coordinated with 7 fellow American AEC members and 8 Japanese JEC members the year long planning and development of the events of the 30-day 57th JASC held in Stanford, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Okinawa, and Tokyo.
* Co-planned the events of the Stanford and Hiroshima sites. * Set a 50-year record for recruiting over 170 applicants in less than two months. * Co-chaired the “Science and Technology” Roundtable. * Co-planned the Global Environmental Sustainability Symposium held in Kyoto with guest lecturers from Sanyo, Kyoto University, and Kansai Denki. * Worked for six weeks during the summer of 2005 out of the Tokyo office coordinating events with the Japanese JEC members before the start of the conference. * Secured Cornell University as a 2006 conference site with $20,000 in initial funding. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Kwansei Gakuin University |
| Time period: | 2005 - 2007 |
| Degree: | Fulbright Fellow, Public Health, None |
| University: | Cornell University |
| Time period: | 2000 - 2006 |
| Degree: | Biological Sciences, Neurobiology and Behavior, BA |
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2007 - Present |
| Degree: | M.D., MSc |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Boxing, Jogging, Surfing |
| Hobbies: | International Travel, Language Study, Cooking, Art and Photography, Movies and Theatre, and Literature |
| Clubs: | Stanford OPEN, ADEM, Physicians for Human Rights, Stanford Biodesign |
| Memberships: | Alpha Chi Sigma, Japan Fulbright Alumni Association, Japan America Student Conference Alumni Association |
| Awards: | -Japan Fulbright Fellow, 2006-2007
-Speaker and Panelist, 2nd Annual Japan-U.S. Youth Forum, Tokyo, October 2006 -Cornell University Dean’s List, 2001-2006 -Senior Baccalaureate Service Award, 2006: For outstanding academic achievement at Cornell University and significant service to the local and international community in charity fundraising and volunteer work. -Delegate, Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations, Tokyo, August 2005 -2004 Freeman Asia Travel Grant, Japan: 5-week travel study from Tokyo to Kagoshima. -National Merit Finalist -International Baccalaureate Diploma |
Lucky's Contacts (8)
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Josh Nesbit
FrontlineSMS Health Ambassador, 2008-2009 Donald A. Strauss Scholar, 2008 Haas Summer Fellow. Human BIology major - AC: International Health and Bioethics. Honors thesis - "Exploring Treatment Initiation for HIV-Positive Children in Rural Malawi."
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atif zafar
MBBS (MD equivalent) degree from Dow Medical College, Pakistan. Currently working as Research Volunteer and Assistantship at Aga Khan Univ.
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Nadim Mahmud
FrontlineSMS:Medic Ambassador. 23, Stanford Medical Student, Yale University Graduate with a B.S./M.S. in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Bates Fellow, USA Today's All-American Academic Team Scholar, BASES Applicant